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Creative Brief

OUR BRAND

Description

Duolingo is an American language-learning website and mobile app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam. The company uses a freemium model: the app and the website are accessible without charge, although Duolingo also offers a premium service for a fee.

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

  • Makes learning a new language fun

  • Brings in friendly competitiveness through rankings and leagues

  • Attractive visuals to make words more memorable

  • Provides a wide range of languages 

  • The world’s best language learning app

 

Weaknesses

  • There is no offline mode

  • Limited amount of lives on the free version

  • No human interaction

  • You cannot use the app alone to learn a whole language fluently

 

Opportunities

  • Able to teach more than just language using their system

  • Able to have partnerships with other businesses to teach employees

  • Constant growth in their language range

  • Interactive learning for children

 

Threats

  • Many competitors

  • People leave the app easily

Unique Selling Proposition (USP)

  • Traveling Feature

  • Better understanding and learning new places around the globe

  • Having to learn a new language fun with friends and family

OUR CONSUMER

Problem Statement

The youths are mostly on lockdown due to the pandemic and have not connected with the real world. They even find it difficult to stay at home and have the urge to travel however it has been very limited.

 

Advertising Objective

To position Duolingo as a unique language learning site that offers travel learning experiences

Consumer Insights

  1. If there is an app to take you on an adventure and learn about that country, would that be helpful?

  • It would be great because then we won't need to search about the country online, we can get all the details from that app which is convenient!

  • If that country I’m interested with

  • It would help fulfill my wishes to learn about different countries

  • Because then even with the current pandemic, I could still have a part of the traveling experience although it would just be on a screen

  • Yes, because if we travel to another country, we won't know the surrounding there, I believe if having an app that will guide us will be really useful. It can act as our tour guide

  • It would help me stay focused on what's necessary to learn about the country.

  • I would have to spend less time on the internet searching about countries

  • I get to know the country better and I'm able to visit all the countries travel attractions

  • Yes, it would let us know about the country beforehand and allow us to make better plans if we were to go there.

  • It will save time to do research online

  • It is more convenient to learn just with an app than trying to search everywhere on the Internet.

  • I get to learn about the country whilst being on an adventure, it's much better than sitting in one spot with books in my face trying to find information.

  • It'd prepare me for another country's culture before I go there; gives me a grip of security.

  • For convenience and accessibility.

  • Can gain a better understanding of the country and be able to enjoy the country more

  • I can know more about the country

  • Save time and cost on traveling using the app rather than having a tour guide with a tour group

Solution

A travel map around the globe would be the best way for students who want to have a better understanding and learning experience through an app.

 

Support

Understanding and learning new places around the globe through the app enhances a wider span of language and geographic vocabulary.

 

Tone and Manner

  • Colorful color palette

  • Simple Vector design

  • Friendly and outgoing phrases

  • Inviting feeling

Aim

  • To have students gain a better understanding of new places around the globe through an app while learning a new language.

Campaign Tagline

  • Travel with Duo

 

Segmentation

Demographic

  • Gender: Male and Female

  • Primary: 16 - 22 years old

  • Secondary: 30 - 50 years old

  • Income: RM2,500 monthly income

Psychographic 

Primary

  • Students who are still studying

  • People who want to learn new languages and accent

  • They are keen on meeting new friends or with friends

 

Secondary

  • Parents who want to encourage their kids to speak multiple languages

  • Teachers that want to find a better learning experience for their students

Target Market

  • Lower and Upper-class Market

  • Eager to learn

Positioning

Promotion

  • Advertising - social media (IG, FB)

  • Direct marketing - urge the students to subscribe to a full premium package

  • sales promotion - Full Premium Pack allows the students to unlock full insights of the maps in 3D and also learning by traveling virtually with your loved ones.

Place

  • Through the app - save time and transportation cost

Product

  • App - USP (Unique Selling Proposition)

    • Added a new feature traveling

    • In order to have the students learn about new places around the globe while learning a new language.

Execution

The concept of our campaign is to promote a feature in Duolingo that enables its users to visit places around the world on their phone while learning a new language. They will be given the longitude and latitude of the location and will be able to view it any way they want to. The aim is to peak interests in young adults and also for the premium membership to be purchased as it has many perks.

Digital Billboard

This ad will be played on vertical digital billboards on the streets and also has a call to action to download and try the app.

Instagram

We decided to use cute animations of Duo (the owl) to call people to join and download the app and have him with a quote to see the positive side of Duolingo.

Magazine

This ad will be put in educational magazines and has a QR code for people to immediately go to download the app as well. It has questions in different languages that are foreign to make them fuel their need for knowledge.

Poster

Posters will be posted around busy streets and will use different languages that people are not familiar with and have them be interested in trying to learn said language and has information on where to download it as well as their website.

Web Banner

This web banner will be on on blogs and educational websites and has a QR code so people easily access it or when clicked, it will redirect them to their website where they can sign up.

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